Russia: New law on treason and espionage threatens freedom of expression in Russia
22/11/2012
Re: New law on treason and espionage threatens freedom of expression in Russia To: President Vladimir Putin; Alexander Kolonalov, Minister of Justice From: Andrew Guaglio, LRWC Date: November 19, 2012 I write on behalf of Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a committee of Canadian … [Read more...]
Russia: Professional and Personal Threat against Lawyer Rustam Matsev
26/06/2012
Mr. Vladimir Putin President of the Russian Federation, Llinka Str. 23, Moscow 103132, Moscow, Russian Federation Fax: + 7 495 606 5173/630 2408 Mr. Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of the Interior, Ulitsa Zhitnaya 16 117049, Moscow, Russian Federation Telegram: Rossiia, 117049, … [Read more...]
Sapiyat Magomedova, Human Rights Lawyer
11/11/2010
Re: Sapiyat Magomedova, Human Rights Lawyer To: President Dmitry A. Medvedev From: CHARLES B. DAVISON Date: 2010-11-11 I am writing to you concerning the case of Sapiyat Magomedova. Ms. Magomedova is a human rights lawyer in Dagestan who has been the target and victim of assaults and … [Read more...]
STANISLAV MARKELOV, Lawyer and ANASTASIA BARBUROVA – Journalist
20/01/2009
On January 19, 2009, human rights lawyer Mr. Stanislav Markelov and journalist for with the Novaya Gazeta, Ms. Anastasia Baburova were assassinated. Both parties were shot dead by a masked gunman in broad daylight around two in the afternoon on Prechistenka Street in the center of Moscow close to … [Read more...]
Assassination of Stanislav Markelov, lawyer and Anastasia Baburova, journalist
20/01/2009
Re: Assassination of Stanislav Markelov, lawyer and Anastasia Baburova, journalist To: Dmitri Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, and others From: James Tate Esq. Date: 2009-01-20 It was with great dismay and sadness that we learned of the assassination of human rights lawyer … [Read more...]
LARISSA ARAP – Journalist and Opposition Activist
02/08/2007
Reports indicate that on July 5th, 2007, Ms. Larissa Arap, a Russian journalist, opposition activist and member of the United Civil Front, was arrested and has been forcibly interned in a psychiatric hospital where, according to information received, she would be forcefully injected with drugs and … [Read more...]
Larissa Arap
02/08/2007
Re: Larissa Arap To: President Vladimir Vladmirovich Putin and others From: Darlene Kavka, LRWC Date: 2007-08-02 I write to you today on a matter of utmost urgency. Human rights defenders worldwide, are alarmed and disheartened to hear that Larissa Arap, a highly respected member of … [Read more...]
MIKHAIL TREPASHKIN – Lawyer and human rights activist
25/03/2007
Mikhail Trepashkin was sentenced in May 2005 to four years’ imprisonment in an open prison colony for illegal possession of ammunition and divulging state secrets. Amnesty International has reported numerous times since his imprisonment, which appears to have been politically motivated, that Mr. … [Read more...]
Mikhail Trepashkin
25/03/2007
Re: Mikhail Trepashkin To: Yury Ivanovich Kalinin, Federal Service for the Execution of Punishments, Russian Federation; From: Russell MacKay Date: 2007-03-25 This letter is a follow up to my letter of February 12th, 2007. I wrote at that time as a member of LRWC to express my deep … [Read more...]
Mikhail Trepashkin
12/02/2007
Re: Mikhail Trepashkin To: Yury Ivanovich Kalinin, Federal Service for the Execution of Punishments, Russian Federation; From: Russell MacKay Date: 2007-02-12 I am writing, as a member of LRWC, in response to information obtained from Amnesty International indicating that Mr. Mikhail … [Read more...]
